Miguel Alberto Marques

Miguel
Personal information
Full nameMiguel Alberto Fernandes Marques
Date of birth7 June 1963
Place of birthGuimarães, Portugal
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Youth career
1978–1981Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1982Moreirense
1982–1984Vizela
1984–1988Vitória Guimarães122(3)
1988–1991Sporting CP41(0)
1991–1997Gil Vicente164(9)
1997–2005Trofense139(14)
2005–2006Torcatense18(0)
National team
1987–1989Portugal5(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Miguel Alberto Fernandes Marques (born 7 June 1963), simply known as Miguel, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

Miguel was born in Guimarães. From 1984 to 1997 he competed in 13 first division seasons, with Vitória de Guimarães, Sporting Clube de Portugal and Gil Vicente FC, amassing totals of 327 games and 12 goals and being relegated in the last year.

Miguel retired in June 2006 at the age of 43, after not being able to help Grupo Desportivo União Torcatense avoid relegation from the third level. He gained five caps for Portugal in the late 80's, the vast majority of those coming after the infamous Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, which caused most of the squad to defect from international play.

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